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Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists? |
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Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:25:38 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jean Louis wrote:
>>>> If that happens, compiling your init.el will then
>>>> normally give you an "assignment to free variable"
>>>> warning, no?
>>>
>>> I didn't think about it. OTOH, why would I compile my
>>> init.el?
>>
>> To get .elc which is better, faster byte-code as well as
>> the other advantages of code-improvement that the
>> byte-compiler's messages leads to if you take proper action ...
>>
>> This has been mentioned many times over the years here not
>> the least ...
>
> It's going to be over the years not easily understood.
> Maybe Emacs need some better "warning" or instructions how
> to initiate byte compiling.
Well, the OP has heard these arguments and others before,
many times.
As for introductions, I know only of
(info "(elisp) Byte Compilation")
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- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, (continued)
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Marcin Borkowski, 2022/03/15
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Emanuel Berg, 2022/03/15
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Michael Heerdegen, 2022/03/15
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Marcin Borkowski, 2022/03/16
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Michael Heerdegen, 2022/03/16
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Marcin Borkowski, 2022/03/18
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Emanuel Berg, 2022/03/17
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Stefan Monnier, 2022/03/17
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Marcin Borkowski, 2022/03/18
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?, Jean Louis, 2022/03/19
- Re: Is there a way of setting a variable only when it exists?,
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